How do I create a UEFI Bootable USB drive for Windows 10/8 Using USB/DVD Download Tool & Rufus

UEFI is nothing new, but it is first time introduced in Windows 8. If you want to install a clean copy of Windows 8 or Windows 10 on a UEFI-enabled computer, you will need a UEFI bootable USB flash drive to start with. This is a tutorial to show you how to make such flash drive with and without the help of 3rd party tool.

Bootable UEFI USB of Windows 10 using Rufus:

Step 1: Visit this page and download the latest version of Rufus. Rufus is a portable utility and hence doesn’t require an installation.

Windows 10 Bootable USB using USB/DVD Download Tool:

Step 2: Connect a USB flash or hard drive with 4GB+ capacity and backup data before continuing further. Please be sure to backup all data from your USB drive as the drive will be formatted in the coming steps.

Step 3: Run the downloaded USB/DVD Download Tool setup file and then follow the easy on-screen instructions to get it installed on your PC running Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8 or Windows 8.1.